News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Defendant with Long and Violent Criminal History Committed Bank Robberies while on Federal Supervision for Drug Trafficking.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining the state of America’s infrastructure and what we can do to further modernize our energy infrastructure and improve workforce training and development in the energy sector.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Dear Acting Commissioner Kautter: On Feb. 15, 2018, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) published a report assessing the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) implementation of screening procedures for employees with conduct or tax compliance concerns when issuing awards. This...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) highlighted how the new tax law is increasing America’s global competitiveness and creating a better environment for American job creators to grow, hire, and invest in the United States. Hatch delivered the remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “Invest in America" Summit.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Indianapolis-United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today a drug trafficking organization operating on the Northside has been dismantled. Fourteen federal defendants face charges that include conspiracy to deal controlled substances (including methamphetamine), carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking offense, and illegal possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - US District Court Chief Judge Aida Delgado-Colón sentenced two former Treasury Department employees for extortion, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The investigation was led by the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: FBI Miami Announces Nominee for Director’s Community Leadership Award.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled “State of the Nation’s Energy Infrastructure:"
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - DOE Savannah River Operations Office Manager Jack Craig retires Feb. 28 after 32 years of federal service, including 29 years of leadership in the environmental cleanup program. EM Update spoke with Craig about his accomplishments, opportunities for success at Savannah River Site (SRS), his tenure at EM headquarters, and plans for retirement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DARRION YOUNG, age 32, from New Orleans, was sentenced to serve forty months imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for making false statements to federal agents. DARRION YOUNG pleaded guilty in June 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration."
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding Ambassador Joseph Yun’s announcement of his retirement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Part of U.S. Attorney’s January 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods Strategy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Ran Drug Operation from Elderly Grandmother’s Condominium.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Linda Expose, 54, of Salida, appears in court today for an indictment charging her with mail fraud and fraud on the Social Security Administration, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), held a hearing on “A More Effective and Collaborative OSHA: A View from Stakeholders."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for his role in an extensive scheme to obtain money through fraudulently obtained refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Railroad tracks to and from EM’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in western Kentucky recently returned to service after a failed drainage culvert forced a temporary closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A national sales executive for Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., a subsidiary of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (Dr. Pepper), today pleaded guilty to charges that he submitted more than $1.7 million dollars worth of fraudulent invoices to Dr. Pepper through a promotions and marketing company he formed in his wife’s name.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Feb. 26, 2018, a federal jury convicted Timothy Allen McNeal, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of armed robbery, conspiracy, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
